Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE III.— Return of all. Exceptional Children in the area in 1923.
Boys. | Girls. | Total. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blind (including partially blind) | (i) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the totally blind | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | 1 | 1 | |
Attending Public Elementary Schools | |||||
At other Institutions | — | — | _ | ||
At no School or Institution | — | — | — | ||
(ii) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the partially blind | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Attending Public Elementary Schools | - | - | - | ||
At other Institutions (private school) | 1 | - | 1 | ||
At no School or Institution | — | — | — | ||
Deaf (including Deaf and Dumb and partially Deaf) | (i) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the totally deaf or deaf and dumb | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Attending Public Elementary Schools | - | - | - | ||
At other Institutions | — | - | — | ||
At no School or Institution | - | 2 | 2 | ||
(ii) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the partially deaf | Attending Certified Schools or | ||||
Classes for the Deaf | - | — | — | ||
Attending Public Elementary Schools | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
At other Institutions | - | — | — | ||
At no School or Institution | - | — | — | ||
Mentally Defective | F eeble Minded (cases not notifiable to the Local Control Authority) | Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Attending Public Elementary Schools | 11 | 7 | 18 | ||
At other Institutions | - | — | — | ||
At no School or Institution | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
Notified to the Local Control Authority during the year | Feeble Minded | - | - | - | |
Imbeciles | - | - | - | ||
Idiots | 1 | 1 | 2 |